Should I even bother with Stanford

lookingforward
Mon, 24 Jul 2017 05:27:57 +0000

Sorry about this. The physics AP 2 and AP calc 3 scores, the B grades in AP calc and physics, are serious hurdles for a stem admit at both schools.

The colleges will be concerned with your ability to keep up with peers in classes. This is a fierce competition. The early app advantage, if any, goes to kids very strongly prepared. And, matching in all the additional ways top schools expect. (Have you dug into what that is?)

Please think carefully.

Ps. Same issue for Yale (other thread mentions bio and econ as poss majors.) Also the top colleges can want math strengths for an econ major, plus better than B’s in English. Again, sorry.